rapacious

英 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]

美 [rəˈpeɪʃəs]

adj.  贪婪的; 贪欲的; 强取的

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BNC.32650 / COCA.23424

牛津词典

adj.

• 贪婪的；贪欲的；强取的
  wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贪婪的；贪得无厌的；自私的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asrapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour.
  1. He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
     他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
  2. ...a rapacious exploitation policy.
     贪婪的剥削政策

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientraveningravenousvoraciouswolfish
• excessively greedy and grasping
  1. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
  2. ravening creditors
  3. paying taxes to voracious governments
  Synonym:raveningvoracious
• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
  1. a predatory bird
  2. the rapacious wolf
  3. raptorial birds
  4. ravening wolves
  5. a vulturine taste for offal
  Synonym:predatoryraptorialraveningvulturinevulturous

双语例句

• One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.
  暴徒被看作抢劫的、掠夺的和凶猛的人。
• A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
  贪婪的人具有贪婪、凶残或逐利性格的人。
• Who could possibly object, save a rapacious capitalist?
  除了贪婪的资本家以外，还有谁会反对？
• Locals often have bitter memories of rapacious Western colonialists and Arab slave traders.
  当地人普遍对贪婪的西方殖民者和阿拉伯奴隶贩子有着苦涩的回忆。
• But Mr Stone is more interested in skewering rapacious financiers than rash homeowners.
  但是斯通先生更感兴趣的是去讥讽贪婪的金融家而不是冲动的物业主。
• Perhaps, given their image as rapacious capitalists, there may be a touch of calculation about their efforts.
  然而大家心目中的贪婪的资本家可能为他们的贡献作了计算。
• The hunters drove this rapacious beast from his den into the open.
  猎人们将这只贪婪的野兽从窝里赶出来。
• One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce. The hissing of the serpent shall strike back at this world with unexpected ferocity.
  暴徒被看作抢劫的、掠夺的和凶猛的人蛇的吐舌声会凶猛的突击这个世界。
• A greedy, rapacious person.
  贪心的或贪婪的人。
• In some cases, traditional Chinese tastes, combined with the explosion in wealth during the past decade, have created a rapacious and unsustainable call for the body parts of endangered species.
  有时候，传统中国口味和过去10年财富的激增，滋生出对濒危物种身体部位贪婪而不可持续的需求。